Sink or Swim: African-American Lifesavers of the Outer Banks
by Carole Boston Weatherford
Coastal Carolina Press (Dec 01, 1999)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 81 pages
Target Age Group: Early Reader
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Description of Sink or Swim: African-American Lifesavers of the Outer Banks by Carole Boston Weatherford
Tells the story of the U.S. Lifesaving Service, which was the precursor of the Coast Guard, and its only all black crew, operating off Pea Island on the North Carolina coast, led by Richard Etheridge.
Additional Book Information:
- ISBN: 9781928556015
- Imprint: Coastal Carolina Press
- Publisher: Coastal Carolina Press
- Parent Company: Coastal Carolina Press
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